Improvement in boxes for transporting eggb



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GEORGE A. WELLS, OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 103,111, dated May 17, 1870.

`IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES FOR. TRANSPORTING EG-Gb.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WnLLs,'of Oskaloosa, iu the county ot' Mahaska and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Egg-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings making part of this specicaton, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of my improved box, showing the method of joining the sections together, the arrangement of the cords forming the netwhieh holds the eggs, and the clamps for holding -the sect-ions in their position.

of sections A1 At2 A?, of which there may be as many as is desired, the top and bottom ones' being covers, and each being provided with end pieces, so that when all are put together they shall form a tight box.

The lower edges ofthe side anddend pieces andthe upper edges of the upper ones are smooth, so that the bottom and top boards may t snugly thereon, whilst the opposite edges ot' the side pieces land both edges of the intervening ones are provided with arabbet in their surfaces, so that, when placed one upon the other, as shown in tig. I1, they shall be prevented from slipping out of place.

' B B refer to bars of metal or of wood, which extend across the box upon its top and bottom'suriaces and project beyond the sides thereof for a distance sutiicient to permit of their being perforated to receive bolts, as shown in iig. 2.

B B refer to bolts which pass through the ends of bars B B, they being provided with nuts upon their outer ends, so that the seetionsof the box may be by them held firmly in contact with each other;

C C referto cords orstrings, which are attached to staples driven intothe inner surface of the box, but which may extend through the same, and [may be clenched upon the outer side. These strings or cords are so arranged that the largest spaces between them will form a receptacle for an egg, such arrangement being clearly shown in the drawings.

I) D reier to the staples above' alluded to, there being a sutiieient number to receive the cord or string and permit it to cross and recross the box as many times as is necessary to'divide itA into. spaces of requisite size for the reception of an egg.

In packing eggs in this box for transportation the following plan is to be pursued:

The nut-s are' to be screwed off from thc bolts, which are then to be taken out ot' the straps, aml each ofthe sections of .the box is to be removed from the bottom one. When this has been done, the spaces formed in thenet areto 'have an egg inserted therein, which,.in allcases, should be done with the small end downward; and then another section is to be placed upon the first one, and its spaces filled with eggs, as above described, and so on until all the sections have been filled and placed upon eachother, when the clamps are to be applied and the nn-ts screwed upon `the bolts.

Some ot' the advantages due to this fori-n of box are as follows:

First, by the use ot' staples for holding the cords, the liability 0f such cords beingworn ott', as they frequently are when they pass through the sides of the box, is entirely avoided;

Secondly, an elastic support is formed upon which the egg is made to rest in the best position to be transported; and

Thirdly,'when the cord is to be removed and re placed, it is much more conveniently done with the staples than without.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A box in which eggs are to ne packed for transportation, combining in its construction a series of rabbeted sections-*as A1 A2 A, each provided with staples and cords for supporting the eggs, and the clamps for holding the sections together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof' I have signed lny name to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

` GEO. A. WELLS.

Witnesses:

WM. H. HALL, JOSEPH ANDREWS. 

